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Instant Pot Pro Plus Wi-Fi Multi Cooker 5.7L $229 (RRP $429) Delivered @ Amazon AU

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Features:

  • Smart App Control & Connectivity: Designed with WiFi multi cooker functionality, enabling control through a connected app that guides cooking stages, sends alerts for sauté steps and supports remote steam release for easier, controlled operation
  • Durable Stainless Steel Construction: Built with a stainless steel inner pot featuring a 3-ply base and aluminium core to support faster, more even heat distribution, suitable for stovetop and oven use while maintaining consistent performance
  • Versatile Cooking Functions: Supports pressure cook slow cook sauté steam programs through intuitive controls, enabling a wide range of everyday meals while providing clear status messages that guide each cooking phase
  • Guided Recipe Experience: Access 800 guided recipes through the app, which automatically programs cooking settings and provides step-by-step instructions, helping simplify meal preparation with accurate timing and process reminders
  • User-Friendly Design & Control Panel: Features an easy-to-use digital control panel with one-touch steam release options, programmable delayed release and clear progress indicators to enhance everyday usability and cooking confidence
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  • Needs to be 8L.

    • no 8L WiFi version I think

    • Don’t disagree if you only have one of them.

      • If you have enough room to hold 2 size of these if not 8L

    • 4 person house. Why do i need 8L?

      • Becuase you want to fit big cuts of meat in it. For stews 5L ok but a large full piece brisket lamb you need the bigger diameter.

      • We are a two person household. I originally bought à 5.7L duo Nova in 2019. In 2023 we got an 8L
        Pro Crisp and Air fryer at à good price. The small one is now mostly used for rice, side dishes and making pot in pot Yoghurt.

        The 8L pro is great for batch cooking things like soup or stews. When browning meat you can put more in at a time. With pot in pot cooking you can use bigger containers. If sterilising jars you can put more in at a time.

        I’ve used both and if I could only have one I would get the 8L Pro.

        • What pro do.

          Is it magic? I try cooking

          • @AussieMark: Not magic but if you bothered to Google the comparison you could see the difference to make up your own mind.

            From my perspective the handles that hold it in place when you stir, the faster heating element and the steam release diffuser make the difference. You try to cook, I actually succeed.

  • I don't get how they're selling WiFi on a device like this. You dump the items in the pot, hit a setting and walk away, right? Isn't that the original selling point of it?

    • Strange isn't it? How dumb are we as a species that something like that is a selling point

      • Comes in handy for me when I'm at work and I'm wondering if I remembered to press start.

    • Well if its integrated with recipies then that has a lot of potential. Whether they do it well…….

      • It would be like having a microwave with wifi to get 'recipes'. It makes no sense to have it on a device like this. You push a few buttons and walk away.

        • Don't give them ideas!

    • Have you not entered the world of Bluetooth enabled toothbrushes?

      • I have. Sorry to say though, we are now being left in the dust by the new Oral B AI powered toothbrushes!

        (I wish I was joking)

    • Bluetooth would make more sense 2bh… Sync it up with your headphones.

    • It has literally become a use case for me this week. I had about 3kgs of livers and 1/2kg of sweet potatoes to turn into pate and portioning. The sous vide fails to do it in one batch, so I had to divide it up to 3 batches. Every batch was on 65c for 2 hours, plus pressure-cooking the sweet potatoes and melting cheese at the end. It would work so much better if it sent me an status update as it turns from heating to cooking and to done (I don't know if this one does that). I ended up finishing the cooking the next day. I could set a timer, but the heating up time is arbitrary for IP.

      • These are the push alerts the app sends.

        Cook Complete: Timer reaches zero.
        Keep Warm Active: Pot enters standby warming.
        Add Ingredients: Pot is preheated and ready for food.
        Flip / Stir Prompts: Reminders during guided recipes.
        Safe to Open Lid: Venting complete; pressure dropped safely.
        "Burn" Error: Urgent alert if food scorches on the base.
        Lid Position Error: Alert if remote start is attempted with an unlocked lid.

        Doesn't seem there's an alert for going from "Preheat" to "Cooking" unless it's "Add Ingredients"?

        • Thanks. Maybe add ingredients, but it could just be for sautee. I have found the preheat for sous vide doesn't work at all because it doesn't circulate, and the temp needs to be checked manually. Starting with warm water helps a bit.

    • Me and my partner both work. WiFi connectivity would be perfect, we can load it up in the morning before we go to work, leave it for an hour or 2 then it's literally perfect for when we come home. At the moment the one we have sits for a couple of extra hours on keep warm and it dries meat our slightly by the time we get home.

  • Also no manual pressure relief button, makes it annoying.

    • Is only via the app?

    • Surely there HAS to be a way to manually release pressure without an app?

      • Yeah this seems like a safety issue to me. Not having a manual pressure release on a pressure cooker is asking for trouble. You'd have to let it sit for many hours if unable to release the pressure to make it safe to open and even then you'd just be guessing.

    • Nope. You have to press the CANCEL on the unit itself then use the app to quick release.
      Cancelling in the App didn't work for me.

      • It says in the product desc:
        Features an easy-to-use digital control panel with one-touch steam release options,…

        • Looks like it's time to read the manual :-)

    • It's via the app or the control panel. It's just overcomplicating something as simple as that for the sake of an app or soft touch.

      • And the heavy based inner-pot with handles (see below)

        • The pro model instead of the pro plus might be an alternative option if there's no need of the Wi-Fi function. Has the relevant updates to the inner pot, and for me personally, the retention of the manual pressure release button. Not currently on sale, but that might be a better buy for some people.

          • @YellowWiggle: The real advantage I see with the Wifi model is the pulse steam release. I had this with my Breville Fast/Slow pro and it is a good compromise between natural and quick release. I have the Pro and it is great but I wish they had the pulse release on it.

            • @try2bhelpful: Yeah I'm old school and prefer a physical button for that, which you could still flick the release switch (even on the base model) to pulse it.

              As an Anova user, I have learnt the pain of app obsolescence, malfunctioning digital buttons on devices to try to avoid them as best as I can where possible.

              • @YellowWiggle: The Anova is an absolute cow for the manual buttons. Don’t know how they stuffed it so badly. The only trouble I have with the app was the pairing was a bit flakey.

                I had an early death with the manual release on my Pro. Support was really good. Apart from being very particular with what they wanted videoed they replaced my lid, no problems. Didn’t even have to send back the old one so I have spare bits. I could still do a release with the lid but I had to use something like a chopstick to do it.

                Our InstantPots get a lot of workout because we do pot in pot yoghurt and porridge a lot.

                I do see your point with the manual switch. If you push it the right amount you can control the steam flow. We also put ours on a protective mat on top of the stove so the exhaust fan can suck up the steam.

  • Anyone upgraded to this from old basic type instapot? Trying to figure out if upgrade is worth it…

    • I was in the same boat. I have being eyeing this model for a while, but knowing it has gone as low as $150 in the past doesn't help! I ended up recently getting the RIO for $99 with the new colour (sea salt). Ultimately I don't think I would use the app/wifi features as much to warrant the extra cost. The actual pressure cooking technology would be the same across all current models.

      To answer your question, I believe these newer models are more efficient and have faster cooking times compared to models 5+ years old (which is what I had). My lid also wasn't sealing well (dropped it a few times).

      • I got not good experience with RIO. It took longer to build up pressure and get burned easily.
        To the point I do comparison side by side cooking the same dish with the same receipt, between RIO and my old DUO.
        Ends up returning the RIO.

        • Thanks for the heads-up. I haven't received my RIO yet, but I'll be sure to test it out first thing!

      • Oh wow, didn't realise it has been so low in the past. That changes everything, won't upgrade unless it gets to that price again 🤣

        • You better be quick st that price it only lasted a few hours before OOS

    • I had a very old one which had a stainless steel pot (the regular versions only do non-stick now). The lid sensor started malfunctioning a little while ago so I figured it was time to upgrade. I went with the Instant Pot Pro 8L, which also has a stainless steel pot. It works better and faster than my old version for the basics: pressure cooking, slow cooking, stocks, broths, soups, yoghurt, and rice. Temperature control isn't good enough for sous vide as circulation is non-existent. Searing has never been a strong point and that's the same here, but at least you can use the pot on the stove, which is what I do. It's quite deep but not super wide so anything like a braise is tricky.

  • Still rocking the spotlight instant pot 2 for $74 each. Not sure a wifi upgrade is worth paying triple.

  • I upgraded from that one as well…. the inner pot can be used on induction so can sear and pre-cook without waiting for the Instant Pot to heat up

    • I don't usually see the preheating as that big of an issue, though I feel it has slowed down from when I first got it. I usually start preheating it before starting prep, so that it will be hot once garlic/onions are diced.

  • Taking recipe recommendations :)
    Family of 4 with 2 somewhat fussy toddlers.

  • I have the bigger one and the sous vide temp is about 15 degrees cooler than stated on the device. Everything else seems to be fine

    • With ours it isn’t out by that much. We put a thermometer down the hole to check the water temperature.

  • with these wifi models can multiple users use the app? I would want to use it and so would the kids, so each would need to control it.

    • you can probbably just login using the same credentials.

    • We have multiple users that all connect through the app/ Bluetooth . We are all notified at each stage of the cooking process and notifications telling us when it's finished.
      This also means that anyone of us connected can stop the cooking too through phone- something to note if your kids want to be difficult.

  • Purchased one at the beginning of the year. Purchased this model as it was short enough to fit in drawer. Big advantage of this one is the pot is stainless steel so easy to clean plus has handles built in.
    Bluetooth seemed like a gimmick but find it useful as it notifies you at every step when you are at home.
    There's an app too, but even if you program the device without the app it still tells you at what stage it's at.
    It's used daily. Stopped getting to pressure when it was 12 weeks old but instant brands sent us another one ( after we cut the power cable).
    Previously used the ninja smart lid pressure cooker / air fryer but it was too big/ heavy to store and had no handles on pot and was a coated non stick pan.

    • Stopped getting to pressure?

      • Kept cycling trying to get to pressure. No idea why . Other user was cooking steel cut oats most days so maybe something was stuck in valve that we couldn't get out. Instant brands happily replaced it.

    • Aren't all IP pots stainless steel?

      • No idea if IP are all stainless but the previous brands we had ( ninja and tefal) were a non stick coating pots with no handles.
        We like the handles and convenience of easy clean in dishwasher and being able to dear things with high heat not worrying about the non stick coating.

      • No, not all IP are stainless. Some just have the regular non stick coating.

      • I think the IPs come with stainless steel but you can buy a non stick pot. Happy to be corrected if I’m wrong.

  • Got it direct from instapot with 10% code for $206.10 free delivery

    • Can you please give us the code.

      • Its a new customer signup code. They are unique so you need to register a new account

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